Decoctum Acalyphae, B.P.C. Decoction of Acalypha.

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Acalypha Leaves 5.00 | 1 ounce
Distilled Water ... to 100.00 | to 20 fl. ounces

Add the acalypha leaves to 120 (24 fluid ounces) of distilled water, and boil for ten minutes, then strain and make up to the required volume, if necessary, by passing distilled water through the strainer.
Dose.—15 to 60 mils (½ to 2 fluid ounces).


The British Pharmaceutical Codex, 1911, was published by direction of the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.